Tank for the distribution and storage of gases.



APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 15, 1909.

Patented May 5, 1914 v fmremar. My

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH :0 WASHINGTON, D c.

. IIIQI IIQ ST ARTHUR R. BULLOCK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR- "E0THEODORE T. JENNE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TANK FOR THE DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE OF GASES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR R. BULLOCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tanks for theDistribution and Storage of Gases, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to tanks for the storage and distribution of gases,particularly acetylene in a liquid solvent therefor, and has for itsobject to provide, in a simple, effective and economical manner, aconstruction of tank wherein the gas and solvent may be stored and fromwhich the gas may be distributed to the burners or other points of usewithout the liability of agitating the contents thereof, whereby thedischarge of the gas from the solvent may proceed uniformly and wherebythe access of the solvent to the gas-outlet pipe will be prevented.

The invention, broadly stated, consists in a tank having a suitableoutlet for the acetylene liberated from its solvent, with a battledevice or interrupter which prevents the bodily movement of the solventand the consequent uneven and un-uniform liberation of the gas therefromand the access of the solvent to the outlet pipe.

Generally speaking, the invention may be defined as consisting of thecombinations of elements embodied in the claims hereto annexed andillustrated in the drawings forming a part hereof, wherein Figure 1represents a longitudinal sectional view of a tank having my inventionapplied thereto; and Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectional view onthe correspondingly numbered line of Fig. l.

Describing the parts by reference characters, 1 represents a tankconstructed in ac cordance with my invention, said tank being providedat its opposite ends with heads 2 and 3 respectively, the head 3 beingprovided with a central recess 4 for the reception of a pressure gage 5which communicates with the interior of the tank. This tank is filledwith acetylene gas and its solvent (preferably acetone) and is providedwith an outlet pipe 6 which is secured to head 2 and projects from saidhead substantially to the longitudinal center of the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed January 15, 1909.

Patented May 5, 1914,

Serial No. 472,423.

tank, being located in proximity to and extending parallel with theupper surface or wall of said tank. Pipe 6 is provided with acontrolling valve 7 of any approved construction.

For the purpose of preventing the bodily movement of the solvent withinthe tank, I provide said tank with an interrupter or baflie device, saiddevice consisting of a series of transverse disks 11, said seriesextending from end to end of the tank and each disk being substantiallycoextensive in area with the transverse internal area of the tank. Eachdisk is provided with a circular flange 12 at the outer edge thereof,which serves two functions, namely, to engage and form a bearing withthe inner wall of the tank and to space one disk from another. As willappear from Figs. 1 and 2, each disk is provided with an aperture 13adjacent to the periphery thereof, the aperture in each disk being diametrically opposite the apertures in its adjacent disks. Thisarrangement divides the liquid solvent into a comparatively large numberof separate bodies, each body being, for the purpose of my invention,independent of the other, whereby the movement of the body of liquid asa whole is prevented. At the right hand end of the tank (which is theend whereinto the pipe 6 projects,) each disk is provided with anaperture near the upper periphery thereof for the reception of saidpipe, but with this arrangement the disks having apertures near thelower periphery thereof fit comparatively closely around the pipe 6,while those which have no apertures near the lower periphery areprovided with larger openings, whereby the effective area of an upperaperture in each of the latter disks is substantially equal to the areaof an upper aperture in any of the disks at the left hand end of thetank and to a lower aperture in any of said disks.

By the construction herein described, it will be apparent that I haveprovided a re ceptacle wherein a gas in solution may be convenientlystored and transported without impairing the eiiiciency of such tank inoperation and that I have accomplished the result in a particularlysimple and effective 7 for the tank a battle device comprising aplurality of communicating chambers which are arranged to subdivide theliquid solvent into a number of practically separate bodies. Andfiu'thern'iore, by the construction I have adopted, that is, forming thewalls of the battle very close together, there are three importantadvantages and results obtained: First, as before pointed out, thesolvent liquid contained in the tank is divided into a large number ofpractically isolated bodies, which reduces the movement of the liquid inthe tank to practically nothing. Second, should an explosion take placein any one of the isolated bodies of liquid, the propagation of thatexplosion to the other bodies would be prevented. Third, the liquid usedas a solvent is so spread out over the surface of the baflie that therapidity of absorption of the gas by the solvent is greatly increased.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a receptacle havingtherein a plurality of partitions arranged parallel to each other, thesaid partitions being spaced a slight distance apart, the spaces betweenthe said partitions communicating with each other whereby a series ofcommunicating chambers of small capacity are formed.

2. An apparatus for storing gas consist-v ing of a receptacle havingtherein a plurality of transverse baflies spaced apart and provided withopenings and forming a plurality of communicating compartments, and

an outlet pipe communicating With the upper portion of said receptacles,substantially as specified.

3. An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a receptacle havingtherein a. baffle device consisting of a plurality of transverse disksor plates each provided with a laterally-extending spacing projectionadapted to engage its adjacent disk or plates,

said plates being provided with openings, the openings in adjacentplates being out of alinement and an outlet pipe extending from saidreceptacle, substantially as specified.

4. An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a longitudinally-extendingreceptacle having therein a battle device, said device consisting of aplurality of transverse plates or disks each being of substantially thetransverse area of said receptacle, each plate or disk having aperipheral flange projecting laterally therefrom and an aperturetherethrough, and an outlet pipe communicating with said receptacle,substantially as specified.

5. An apparatus for storing gas consisting of a longitudinally-extendingreceptacle having therein a battle device, said device consisting of aplurality of transverse plates or disks, said plates or disks eachhaving an aperture therethrough, the apertures in adjacent disks orplates being out of alinement, and an outlet pipe communicating withsaid receptacle, substantially as specified.

(3. An apparatus for storing gas consisting of alongitudinally-extending receptacle having a battle device therein, saiddevice consist-ing of a plurality of transverse plates or disks dividingthe receptacle into corresponding transverse compartments, an outletpipe projecting into said receptacle substantially parallel with andadjacent to the upper surface thereof, said plates or disks being eachprovided with an aperture, some of the disks or plates having alinedapertures for the reception of said pipe, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ARTHUR R. BULLOCK.

Witnesses A. J. HUDSON, BRENNAN B. W'ns'r.

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